Workforce Planning in The Southeast
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Table 9: Recommendations for Placement of Ecological Services Positions on National Wildlife Refuges (back to plan)
| The following species or resource categories were identified where the placement of Ecological Services’ biologists could assist with issues of mutual concern: Species/Ecosystems Refuges Ivory-billed Woodpecker/ White River NWR (AR) and Cache River NWR (AR) Bottomland forest restoration Florida scrub-jay Merritt Island NWR (FL) Florida panther Florida Panther NWR (FL) Manatee Crystal River NWR (FL), Merritt Island NWR (FL), Ten Thousand Islands NWR (FL), and J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR (FL) Beach mice Bon Secour NWR (AL) and Merritt Island NWR (FL) Sea turtles Primarily Caribbean Islands Refuge Complex, Cape Romain NWR (SC), Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex, Merritt Island NWR (FL), Archie Carr NWR (FL), Hobe Sound NWR (FL), but also Ten Thousand Islands NWR (FL), Egmont Key NWR (FL), St. Vincent NWR (FL), and Bon Secour NWR (AL) Key Deer, silver rice rat, Key Largo woodrat, Key Largo cotton mouse, Shaus’s swallowtail, Stock Island tree snail, Key tree cactus, American Crocodile Florida Keys Refuges Complex Whooping crane Chassahowitzka NWR (FL) Red-cockaded Woodpecker Primarily Carolina Sandhills NWR (SC), St. Marks NWR (FL), and Okefenokee NWR (GA), but also Piedmont NWR (GA), Noxubee NWR (MS), Felsenthal NWR (AR), Alligator River NWR (NC), Pocosin Lakes NWR (NC), and Big Branch Marsh NWR (LA) Mississippi sandhill crane/pine savanna plant communities Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR (MS), Grand Bay NWR (MS) Lake Wales Ridge (13+) plants, Lake Wales Ridge NWR (FL) - particular need for plant ecologist herps, Florida scrub-jay Cahaba River fishes and mussels Cahaba River NWR (AL) Red wolf St. Vincent NWR (FL) and Cape Romain NWR (SC) Wood storks Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex, ACE Basin NWR (SC), and Waccamaw NWR (SC) Sturgeon (all species) Waccamaw NWR (SC), ACE Basin NWR (SC), Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex, and Lower Suwannee NWR (FL) Piping plover Pea Island NWR (NC) Louisiana black bear Principally Tensas River NWR (LA) and Bayou Teche NWR (LA), but also Bayou Cocodrie NWR (LA), Lake Ophelia NWR (LA), Theodore Roosevelt Refuges Complex (MS), and St. Catherine Creek NWR (MS) Cave fauna (bats, cavefish, cave) Wheeler Refuges Complex (AL) and Logan Cave NWR (AR) Tennessee River fishes and mussels Tennessee NWR (TN) and Wheeler NWR (AL) Mississippi Valley fishes and mussels West Tennessee Refuges Complex Flatwoods salamander St. Marks NWR (FL), Okefenokee NWR (GA), and ACE Basin NWR (SC) Other resource issues Refuges Marine biologists Florida Keys Refuges Complex and Caribbean Islands Refuges Complex Hydrologists J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR (FL), Florida Panther NWR (FL), Okefenokee NWR (GA), Lower Suwannee NWR (FL), St. Johns NWR (FL), White River NWR (AR), Cache River NWR (AR), Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex UXO specialists Mountain Longleaf NWR (AL) and Vieques NWR (PR) Oil and gas specialists Cache River NWR (AR), White River NWR (AR), and almost all LA and MS refuges Other contaminant specialists Okefenokee NWR (GA), Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex, Florida Keys Refuges Complex Habitat restoration specialists Southeast Louisiana Refuges Complex, Southwest Louisiana Refuges Complex, Vieques NWR (PR), Cache River NWR (AR), and White River NWR (AR) |
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